Pouring attachment for use with liquid containers



April 14, 1953 S. J. FAIRLESS POURING ATTACHMENT FOR USE WITH LIQUID CONTAINERS Filed June 18, 1951 miall- IA Inventor Patented Apr. 14, 1953 POURING ATTACHMENT FOR USE WITH LIQUID CONTAINERS Stanley James Fairless, Brandon Colliery, England Application June 18, 1951, Serial No. 232,138 In Great Britain February 20, 1951 1 Claim.

This invention consists in an improved filler attachment for use with liquid containers.

The object of the invention is to provide a device which may be readily applied to the orifices of liquid containers of various shapes and sizes such as petrol cans, oil drums, and other containers in which the orifice is awkwardly placed for pouring so as to render the container readily pourable.

The device according to the invention comprises a hollow cap-like member having a spout projecting therefrom, a central opening in the cap for receiving a holding down bolt Whose head passes loosely through a bridge piece adapted to span the under side of the container orifice, and to rest on the bolt head, the said bolt being of reduced diameter for a short distance from its lower extremity, and at its lower end portion of the same diameter as the nonreduced portion, the said bridge piece having formed therein a series of holes joined by a slot, the said bolt being adapted to pass through any one of the said holes, and means on the under face of the cap for abutting against the outside of the periphery of the container orifice in a fluid-tight manner, so that when the bridge piece spans the container orifice, the cap-like member has been placed over the orifice and the bolt tightened up, the container is provided with a spout which renders pouring easy.

The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation.

Fig. 2 is a partial plan of Fig. I viewed from beneath.

Referring more particularly to the drawings l is the cap-like pouring member which is in the form of a dome from which projects at about an angle of 45 a pouring spout 2 fitted at its end with a chained-on cap 3. The base of the dome is integral with a flat ring 4 whose inner portion lies inside the dome I, and whose outer portion lies outside the dome. The outer periphery of the ring 4 has a downwardly directed flange 5, which is grooved to receive a rubber, leather or other resilient washer 6.

At the centre of the top of the dome there is formed a bored boss 7 through which is passed a bolt 3. This bolt is of reduced diameter at 8a for a short distance from its lower extremity, its lower end portion being of the same diameter as its shank. A washer 9 is rigidly secured to this end by means of a set screw [0 to serve as a head for engagement with the under side of a bridge piece H through which the bolt 8 is passed. Alternatively the washer 9 may be arranged over an axial projection which is subsequently riveted over.

The bridge piece ll comprises a length of channel section steel having formed in its web a series of holes at Ha of the same diameter as the shank of the bolt 8, and joined by a longitudinal slot lib of a width equal to the reduced portion Ba of the bolt 8. The object of the series of holes is to allow oi the bridge piece ll being arranged at different positions transversely to the bolt 8 in order to enable the application of the device to orifices which are relatively near to the edge of the container, so that a central position of the bolt relatively to the bridge piece would prevent the application of the device. A lock-nut I2 is passed over the shank of the bolt 8 after the latter has been passed through the bored boss 1 from the inside of the dome I; and at the other end of the bolt 8 a blanked nut I3 is screwed on and locked in position by a pin [4 to form a turning head.

To apply the device, the lock-nut I2 is slackened off, and the bolt 8 turned to allow it to project downwards for a substantial distance below the ring 4. The bridge piece H is moved until the reduced portion 8a of the bolt 8 lies in the groove, when it is then swung towards the bolt, in which position it may be inserted in the orifice of the container. The bridge piece I l is then moved transversely to the bolt 8 until it spans the underside of the orifice with the dome l substantially central relatively to the orifice, and the extremity of the bolt 8 inside the nearest hole Ha. The lock-nut I2 is then screwed down against the boss '1 until the bridge piece I l is pulled hard up against the lower side of the orifice. The device is now in position for use as a pourer.

What I claim is:

An improved filler attachment for liquid container orifices comprising a hollow cap, a spout projecting from said cap, said cap having a censaid opening, a bolt head on said bolt, said bolt being of reduced diameter for a short distance from its lower extremity, and at its lower end portion of the same diameter as the non-reduced portion, a bridge piece loosely mounted on said bolt and adapted to rest on said bolt head, said bridge piece being adapted to span the underside of the container orifice, and having formed therein a series of holes joined by a slot, said bolt being adapted to pass through any one of said holes, means on the under face of said cap adapted to abut against the outside 4 v w of the periphery of the container orifice in a. fluid-tight manner. so that when the bridge piece spans the container orifice, the cap-like member has been placed over the orifice and the bolt tightened up, the container is provided with a spout which renders pouring easy.

STANLEY JAMES FAIRLESS.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

